Dictionary of Bible Themes
Dictionary of Bible Themes » 6000 Sin and salvation » 6100 Aspects of sin » 6112 banishment
A form of punishment in which the guilty party is expelled from a region and forbidden to return. An important example is the banishment of Adam and Eve from Eden as a result of their disobedience to God.
Banishment is a punishment for disobedience
Ezra 7:26
See also
Exodus 12:15; Exodus 31:14;
Leviticus 7:20-21;
Numbers 15:30
Banishment by God
Adam and Eve were banished from Eden because of their disobedience
Genesis 3:22-24
God banished kings as a punishment
Nebuchadnezzar was banished from every human being because of his sin:
Daniel 4:25,32-33
Ezekiel 28:16-17
The king of Tyre was banished from God's presence because of his sin.
God punished the people of Judah by banishing them from their land
Jeremiah 23:39
God also promised their return (Jer 32:37).
See also
Jeremiah 8:3; Jeremiah 24:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah 27:10
At the final judgment, God will banish all evildoers
Matthew 7:23
See also
Matthew 8:12; Matthew 22:13; Matthew 25:46
Kings used banishment as a punishment
Saul expelled all mediums and spiritists from the land:
1 Samuel 28:3,9
1 Kings 15:12
Asa banished all the shrine-prostitutes from the land.
The psalmists recognised banishment as the severest of punishments
Psalm 5:10; Psalm 31:22; Psalm 37:22,28,34,38; Psalm 51:11; Psalm 71:9; Psalm 125:5;
Jonah 2:4
This portion of the book of Jonah is written in the same manner as the Psalms, i.e., as Hebrew poetry.
The church is to use banishment as a means of discipline
1 Corinthians 5:12-13
See also
Deuteronomy 17:7; Deuteronomy 19:19; Deuteronomy 21:21; Deuteronomy 22:21,24; Deuteronomy 24:7
See also
1310 God as judge
2309 Christ as judge
5483 punishment
6155 fall of Adam & Eve
7212 exile
7215 exile, the
7245 Judah, kingdom of
7918 excommunication
8230 discipline
8341 separation
8734 evil
9210 judgment, God's